2012 NBA Off-Season

[Pugz]

peds.

 

[Mexi]

do the lakers have a bench yet?

 

[Amare]

I heard they want Jermaine O'neal

 

[Mexi]

KIngs signing Aaron Brooks

Brooks, Isaiah, Evans, Thornton, Jimmer(lol)

uh

 

[ZigZag]

KIngs signing Aaron Brooks

Brooks, Isaiah, Evans, Thornton, Jimmer(lol)

uh

Continued: Salmons, Garcia

 

[Rios15]

The Raptors will send James Johnson to the Kings for a future second round pick.

Johnson will improve the Sacramento frontcourt, while Toronto gets to eliminate $2.8 million in salary.

Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/222362/Raptors_Trade_James_Johnson_To_Kings_For_2nd_Round_Pick#ixzz20qZOgurD

I really like this trade for us. James Johnson would have got very limited minutes anyways, and we shed some salary.

 

[Elite]

Didn't you guys trade a 1st for him

Flipping him for a 2nd a year later seems like a loss

 

[Rios15]

I think it was a Heat pick though; not so valuable. We did lose on the deal though now, you're right.

 

[Amare]

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt
Wizards, per source, are about to amnesty Andray Blatche.

 

[Rios15]

yes

 

[RipCity32]

Drake look alike lol.

 

[Rios15]

I love Landry lol.

 

[cruzg24]

Damn I didnt know Serge Ibaka spoke Spanish, hes going to playing for the Spanish National Team in the Olympics:

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[.infamous]

Damn I didnt know Serge Ibaka spoke Spanish, hes going to playing for the Spanish National Team in the Olympics:

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He couldn't speak english at all when he first got drafted.

 

[cruzg24]

He couldn't speak english at all when he first got drafted.

Yea, his spanish is actually very good all things considered. I can understand everything he is saying.

 

[Pugz]

raptors signed jonas.

heat, clippers, nets, and bulls all interested in darko

 

[Rios15]

The Raptors, in a very roundabout way, are going to turn James Johnson into John Lucas III.

According to league sources, Toronto will sign Lucas as the Raptors third point guard as soon as the trade of Johnson to the Sacramento Kings for a second-round draft pick finalized.

Johnson still has to report to the Kings and pass his physical — considered a mere formality now — but until he does and his salary comes off the books to clear cap room the Lucas deal can’t happen.

The same sources that confirmed the deal are also adamant it has no impact on the short-term future of current Raptors guard Jose Calderon.

The Raptors would be happy to have Lucas — a 5-11 30-year-old who averaged 7.5 points and 2.2 assists per game in 49 games with the Chicago Bulls last season — as a third point guard, able to move up the pecking order in an emergency.

Ben Uzoh, who finished the 2011-12 season on a series of 10-day contracts with the Raptors, filled the third guard role late last season.

Much attention has been focused on Calderon’s future since the Raptors acquired Kyle Lowry from the Houston Rockets earlier this month.

However, president and general manager Bryan Colangelo reiterated again Tuesday that he would be fine with having both Lowry and Calderon start the season in Toronto.

“I think whether it’s a starting combination of Jose with Kyle backing him up or vice-versa … we’ve got two very solid starting-calibre point guards and it’s not easy to find that combination,” Colangelo said at a news conference to formally introduce Lowry.

“(It) takes some management, that’s something the coaches are going to ultimately determine.”

The Raptors also announced Wednesday that they have formally signed rookie centre Jonas Valanciunas, whose buyout from his Lithuanian club team cleared the final paperwork process earlier this week.

Valanciunas is about to play for Lithuania at the London Olympics and will join the Raptors are training camp this fall.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/nba/article/1228508--toronto-raptors-to-sign-point-guard-john-lucas-iii

Happy to have JLIII, he'll be great off the bench; and if Jose is traded, he'd still be great as the 2nd point guard. I don't know why BC is giving Calderon the possibility of starting this season; I guess its for professionalism reasons. Calderon would be great off the bench though, there's no doubt about it. The team is coming along.

 

[Hurricane Season]

Happy to have JLIII

I'm going to come back to this quote in a few months to touch up on this.

 

[Rios15]

I'm going to come back to this quote in a few months to touch up on this.

I feel like I know this one but I cannot put my finger on it right now lol.

 

[Rios15]

Is it because he shoots too much?